Economics Malaysia

A reporter messaged me the other day. With inflation rising, there was apparently concern in "some quarters" that we could see def...

A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away...I started this blog. It's been 13 years to the day that my first post went live. I neve...

So much for writing regularly again. No sooner did I commit to it, I got loaded with a whole load of extra responsibilities. As a result, t...

Nicholas Freeland takes us through the preconditions needed for poverty targeting to work (excerpt): Poor targeting: a response to Pa...

This is hopelessly unscientific, but it's an interesting exercise, and is a useful starting point for understanding what goes into the...

I was on BFM yesterday, talking about UM's new Belanjawanku reference budget: Your browser does not support native audio, but you can ...

With all due respect to the Minister, I think he gets it wrong here (excerpt): Minister: New index to reflect ‘real’ cost of living ...

So I was at the launch yesterday, moderating the panel session after all the speeches. So far, the reception to the guide has been…interesti...

"You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you st...

It’s been an awfully long time since I wrote a post. There have been a lot of reasons for the hiatus, both professionally as well as persona...

On social media lately, I’ve been reading this sentiment that people who are poor shouldn’t have so many children. The apparent reasoning is...

This post is seriously late, as I’ve just switched laptops and my editing software is being cantankerous. However, the NEER and REER page ha...